Harbaugh tweet
Thought of the day - What a tangled web we weave when first we practice to deceive! - Sir Walter Scott
— Coach Harbaugh (@CoachJim4UM) February 7, 2015
February 7th, 2015 at 1:03 PM ^
I love it. Jimmy is ready to rock n roll. Urban I hope your health is up to par because I can't wait to see Harbaugh force you to walk away from the game (for health issues of course).
February 7th, 2015 at 1:04 PM ^
Jon Horford's kind of coach
February 7th, 2015 at 1:04 PM ^
February 7th, 2015 at 1:08 PM ^
February 7th, 2015 at 1:32 PM ^
Who explained to them what it meant?
February 7th, 2015 at 2:47 PM ^
Even more interesting really - if they wanted to know what it really meant in its original context, is there a copy of "Marmion" in the library that they could reference? Surely, many of the Buckeyes upset about this tweet are right now pouring through its numerous cantos trying to find an appropriate retort....or they are just saying "fuck you" under their breath or indeed out loud. Either way...
February 7th, 2015 at 2:51 PM ^
than the number of people in Ohio that understood it without using Google.
February 7th, 2015 at 4:53 PM ^
That's the beauty of it. He threw it out there and let it stick to whomever it applied to, without even having to name names.
And it worked. Guilty conscious Buckeye nation is all in a tizzy. This is how you get inside people's heads. By making them doing it to themselves.
February 7th, 2015 at 1:05 PM ^
Absolutely love it.
February 7th, 2015 at 1:05 PM ^
February 7th, 2015 at 4:54 PM ^
+1 for correct use of Pyrrhic victory.
February 7th, 2015 at 1:06 PM ^
Can any of you bright scholars help a lowly UM-Dearborn grad out? What precisely does that quote mean? I realize it's in reference to Weber and that it seems to be suggesting that deception has negative consequences, but I'm having trouble wraping my mind around the "first we practice to" part.
February 7th, 2015 at 1:12 PM ^
Paraphrased:
"When we start telling lies to people, boy do we ever find ourselves in a mess of contradictory stories."
February 7th, 2015 at 1:13 PM ^
February 7th, 2015 at 1:23 PM ^
Yeah, I understood that part. It was the inclusion of "first" that threw me off. Sheesh. Give me some credit, man. I went to Dearborn, not MSU. : D
February 7th, 2015 at 1:17 PM ^
Working on it...
But to me it means when you begin a plan or a scheme and your intent in the beginning is to utilize deception in the carrying out of the plan, you'll find that your plans can get pretty tangled up. I think that's what the "first practice" part means.
For example, Meyer's in a corner now. Like one of the other posters said, this is prime recruiting ammunition for every coach competing with OSU right now.
How do you trust anything they say?
February 7th, 2015 at 1:08 PM ^
how many times is he going to have to tell Jay he only gets 7 tiles for Scrabble?
February 7th, 2015 at 1:08 PM ^
February 7th, 2015 at 1:09 PM ^
February 7th, 2015 at 1:10 PM ^
Is that a play on words? I kinda like this Harbaugh fellow!
February 7th, 2015 at 4:01 PM ^
when it's a direct quote?
February 7th, 2015 at 1:11 PM ^
Who wouldn't want to play for this guy?
Keep in mind he did not reference any specific person. Open to interpretation.
February 7th, 2015 at 1:56 PM ^
February 7th, 2015 at 1:15 PM ^
Game... Harbaugh
February 7th, 2015 at 1:16 PM ^
February 7th, 2015 at 1:21 PM ^
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February 7th, 2015 at 1:33 PM ^
One hundred percent chance of no.
February 7th, 2015 at 1:39 PM ^
That was one of the worst things Hoke did while at Michigan
February 7th, 2015 at 1:56 PM ^
I wish I could upvote you more. +1
February 7th, 2015 at 2:42 PM ^
AD called Urbz personally to apologize.
February 7th, 2015 at 1:25 PM ^
February 7th, 2015 at 1:26 PM ^
February 7th, 2015 at 4:57 PM ^
Urban down.
February 7th, 2015 at 1:30 PM ^
February 7th, 2015 at 1:34 PM ^
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February 7th, 2015 at 4:23 PM ^
February 7th, 2015 at 1:28 PM ^
Just being JH, The Leader and Best.
February 7th, 2015 at 1:35 PM ^
Well played ALLmaize
February 7th, 2015 at 2:01 PM ^
Murdoch. . . .
February 7th, 2015 at 1:31 PM ^
I just read the responses on eleven warthogs. Afk to wash my eyes with windex.
This should be a lively year.
I see what people meant now about how he can NOT contain his competitiveness.
February 7th, 2015 at 1:59 PM ^
Funny to see the way bias impacts perspective of the tweet. Apparently OSU fans see it as classless, unclever, and a sign that Meyer is in Harbaugh's head. Sure thing...
February 7th, 2015 at 3:03 PM ^
The funny thing is how OSU fans see the word "deception" in a tweet by Harbaugh and immediately know, just like we do, that it's a reference to their coaching staff.